Image title: Dalada-Maluva

English text:

Dalada-Maluva—Buildings on this Quadrangle were either shrines for the tooth-relic or connected with its worship.

Sinhalese text (not proofread):

දළදාමළුව—මේ මළුවෙහි වූ ගොඩනැගිලි දළදා මැදුරු හෝ ඒ පිළිබඳ වූවායි

Transcription (not proofread):

daḷadāmaḷuva—mē maḷuvehi vū goḍanægili daḷadā mæduru hō ē piḷibanda vūvāyi

Transcription (not proofread):

daladamaluva—me maluvehi vu godanægili dalada mæduru ho e pilibanda vuvayi

Tamil text (not proofread):

தலதாமலுவ இம்முன்றிலில் உள்ள கட்டிடங்கள் தந்ததாது ஆலயங்களாக அல்லது அவ்வழிபாட்டுடன் சம்பந்தப்பட்டனவாக இருந்தன.

Transcription (not proofread):

talatāmaluva immuṉṟilil uḷḷa kaṭṭiṭaṅkaḷ tantatātu ālayaṅkaḷāka allatu avvaḻipāṭṭuṭaṉ campantappaṭṭaṉavāka iruntaṉa.

Transcription (not proofread):

thalathamaluva immunrilil ulla kattidangal thanthathathu alayangalaga allathu avvazhipattudan sambanthappattanavaga irunthana.

Gallery information:

These photographs were taken at the Polonnaruwa archaeological site which preserve some of the monuments and religious structures of the ancient kingdom of Polonnaruwa (also Pulathisipura or Vijayarajapura) of Sri Lanka dating to the 10th century CE. Some of the important kings who reigned in this kingdom are King Vijayabahu I and his grandson, king Prakramabahu the Great. The city and it's architecture were influenced by various religious such as Hinduism in its early history, Shaivism and later Buddhism.